A group of Hmong parents in St. Paul Public Schools is urging families to keep their children home Dec. 15, in anticipation of a school board vote the following day on next steps for the district’s Hmong language and culture school.
Sai Thao, one of the parents organizing the action, said so far parents representing about 500 kids have pledged to keep their children home. Ultimately, she expects more than 2,000 children to stay home.
The stay-at-home day is the result of frustration with the district’s approach to managing its popular Hmong language and culture programs — and delay in providing a large enough school to accommodate all the students under one roof…